Verb Charades
This fun game can be used as a whole class warm-up or in small groups as students are developing their understanding of verbs.
Students simply select a card to mimic the action for everyone else to guess.
Learning goals
- We are learning to use nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs to structure a sentence and make it more vivid.
- We are learning to use nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs to structure a sentence and make it more vivid.
Curriculum alignment
AC9E1LA07
9
Understand that words can represent people, places and things (nouns, including pronouns), happenings and states (verbs), qualities (adjectives) and details such as when, where and how (adverbs)
ACELA1452
8.4
Explore differences in words that represent people, places and things (nouns, including pronouns), happenings and states (verbs), qualities (adjectives) and details such as when, where and how (adverbs)
EN1-9B
old
Uses basic grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary appropriate to the type of text when responding to and composing texts
EN1-RECOM-01
new
Comprehends independently read texts that require sustained reading by activating background and word knowledge, connecting and understanding sentences and whole text, and monitoring for meaning
EN1-CWT-01
new
Plans, creates and revises texts written for different purposes, including paragraphs, using knowledge of vocabulary, text features and sentence structure
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
Differentiation
Extensions
Have students show the verb to the group before acting it out act out with a secret ‘adverb’ for the others to guess e.g. swim slowly
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